“If you take a dip of tobacco then you don’t know spit.”
If you are a smokeless tobacco user and you think that spit tobacco is a safer alternative to cigarettes then you are just dead wrong!
- Spit tobacco contains more than twice as much nicotine as cigarettes.
- One can of Snuff per day delivers as much nicotine as 60 cigarettes.
- Some users become so addicted they keep a pinch of snuff in place all day and during the night when they sleep.
- Spit tobacco drastically increases a person’s risk for cancers of the lip, tongue, cheeks, gums, floor and roof of the mouth, throat, larynx and esophagus.
ORAL CANCER KILLS QUICKLY!
More than half the people diagnosed with oral cancer die within 5 years.
- Many users of smokeless tobacco begin using mild and sweet-tasting brands. They eventually move to more potent brands to help satisfy their nicotine addiction.
- Nicotine causes increased heart rates, high blood pressure, strokes, increases your risk to heart disease and has been associated with reproductive disorders.
- the appearance of gray, red or white colored spots or patches
- a lump or leathery, wrinkled or bumpy patch
- pain, tenderness, burning or numbness anywhere in the mouth or on the lips
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a sore that will not heal
- If you are not going to quit, than you should at least move it around and not always hold your tobacco in the same spot.
Who uses Smokeless Tobacco? Real Dips!
Real Athletes don’t - recent interviews and reports show that seven out of ten major league baseball players don’t . Survey’s found that those players using snuff report sores and white patches, gum problems, and wish they had never had started.
Nicotine found in snuff can make users dizzy and it slows reaction time, not good for competitive sports.
Cowboys and Country Music Stars don’t- Advertisers want you to believe they do.
Anyone who likes white teeth and fresh breath doesn’t- bad breath and yellow teeth are what come with chewing tobacco.
Fun, Independent types don’t- smokeless tobacco is highly addictive! Getting hooked and craving tobacco can put an end to individual freedom and willpower.
- And Lastly, Never Swallow your Spit when using Smokeless Tobacco. For the sake of your stomach please spit.
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